@article{fdi:010075557,
title = {{C}an local ecological knowledge provide meaningful information on coastal cetacean diversity ? {A} case study from the northern {S}outh {C}hina {S}ea},
author = {{L}in, {M}. {L}. and {X}ing, {L}. {R}. and {F}ang, {L}. and {H}uang, {S}. {L}. and {Y}ao, {C}. {J}. and {T}urvey, {S}. {T}. and {G}ozlan, {R}odolphe and {L}i, {S}. {H}.},
language = {{ENG}},
abstract = {{I}dentifying and evaluating potentially suitable tools to assess the status of cetaceans in coastal waters with high levels of anthropogenic threat represents a first step towards effective conservation management. {L}ocal ecological knowledge ({LEK}) can often provide more extensive information on focal species and biological resources than is available from standard ecological surveys, and is increasingly recognized as an important source of data for conservation research and management, but it has rarely been used as a tool to assess the status of cetaceans. {W}e investigated the efficacy of using {LEK} from local fishers combined with stranding records to characterise the diversity and distribution of coastal cetaceans in the northern {S}outh {C}hina {S}ea, a region with high historical levels of cetacean abundance and diversity but which is experiencing intensifying anthropogenic pressures. {F}ishers were unable to identify most regionally occurring cetaceans to species level. {H}owever, we were able to determine the distributions of eight categories of cetaceans that were observed by fishers, and a previously unknown population of {I}ndo-{P}acific humpback dolphin reported from the coastal waters of {H}ainan that was later confirmed through boat-based surveys. {T}he number of sightings of different cetacean categories reported by fishers has a significant positive linear relationship with independent data on numbers of stranded cetaceans, validating the accuracy of our respondent data and indicating that {LEK} can provide useful, quantitative information on abundance rankings of different cetacean categories.},
keywords = {{H}ainan ; {I}ndo-{P}acific humpback dolphin ; {Q}uestionnaire survey ; {S}outh {C}hina {S}ea ; {L}ocal ecological knowledge ; {MER} {DE} {CHINE}},
journal = {{O}cean and {C}oastal {M}anagement},
volume = {172},
pages = {117--127},
ISSN = {0964-5691},
year = {2019},
DOI = {10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2019.02.004},
URL = {http://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010075557},
}